52 child workers burned in factory fire in Bangladesh, owner arrested

Bangladesh police today arrested the owner of a factory that killed 52 people, after it emerged that children as young as 11 were working in it.

Police said that the owner of the factory is one of seven people arrested after the fire broke out on the outskirts of Dhaka, and efforts to control it took a whole day.

A separate investigation has been opened into child labor at the food factory.

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